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We recently did a shoot at Strata the tower that dominates Elephant and Castle, with the wind turbines that don’t rotate. The day I went to recce the location and meet furniture designer Georg Oehler the sky was grey and the rain poured down

The Strata view on a rainy day

But Oehler was full of the joys of Spring and news of his Aesh & Tweed collection that is launching at Clerkenwell Design Week on May 20th. The duplex apartment was dominated by what must be one of the world’s largest knitted lampshade, also one of his designs.

The Big shade

A few days later we went back to do the shoot for The Times but the weather wasn’t a lot better, although photographer Jan Baldwin and her amazing assistant Pete did some digital wizardry in post production and you’d swear that the sun had shone all day.

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Hello I am Vinny Lee, writer and stylist. I have been the Interiors Editor of The Times Magazine for 17 years and write most weekends on lifestyle and peoples living spaces. For most features I recce the location, set up the shoot, liaise with the photographer, art direct the shoot ... Continue reading →